Frank Wisner (U.S.)
Frank Wisner is a Foreign Affairs Advisor for Patton Boggs, LLC. Previously, he was Vice–Chairman for External Affairs of the American International Group and a member of the Group’s Board of Directors. A diplomat since 1961 when he graduated with a B.A. from Princeton University, he holds the highest U.S. Foreign Service rank of Career Ambassador. He has been U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, the Philippines, Egypt, and India, and has served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs. In early 2011, he was sent by President Obama as an envoy to Egypt to speak with former President Hosni Mubarak. Frank Wisner currently sits on the boards of directors of numerous international business councils, private companies, and non–profit institutions.
Board of Advisors
- Lisa Anderson (U.S.)>
- H.E. Ambassador Nassir Abdelaziz Al-Nasser (Qatar) >
- Hoda Badran (Egypt)>
- John Brademas (U.S.)>
- Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France)>
- Reis-ul-Ulema Mustafa Cerić (Bosnia)>
- Viscount Étienne Davignon (Belgium)>
- Rakhamim Emanuilov (Russia)>
- HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal (Jordan)>
- Farooq Kathwari (U.S.)>
- Maleeha Lodhi (Pakistan)>
- Chandra Muzaffar (Malaysia)>
- Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (U.K.)>
- Farhan A. Nizami (India/U.K.)>
- Thoraya Obaid (Saudi Arabia)>
- Eduardo Serra Rexach (Spain)>
- Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour (Iran)>
- Frank Wisner (U.S.)>
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman (U.S.)>
Benefactors
- Austrian Federal Ministry of
European and International Affairs > - Carnegie Corporation >
- Civilizations Interaction Foundation
- Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs >
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France >
- Farooq Kathwari >
- Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany >
- El legado andalusí >
- The MacArthur Foundation>
- Majlis El Hassan >
- Malaysia >
- The Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs > - State of Qatar >
- Qatar Foundation >
- The Rockefeller Brothers Fund>
- The Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia >
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom >
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman >
The Center for Dialogues Staff
- Mustapha Tlili, Founder and Director >
- Richard Bulliet, Senior Academic Advisor to the Director >
- Joanna Taylor, Junior Research Scholar >
- Saumya Kurup, Junior Research Scholar >
- Shara Kay, Consulting Editor >
- Christa Bianchi, Brand Manager, Designer and Developer >
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